Life Steps for PrEP for Youth

Summary

This is a formative study, designed to provide information required to tailor Life-Steps for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), an evidence-based cognitive behavioral adherence intervention, to enhance PrEP uptake and adherence in high risk young men who have sex with men (YMSM) and young transgender women who have sex with men (YTWSM).

Life-Steps for Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a manualized modular adherence intervention based on principles of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), that allows for recipients of the intervention to focus on the greatest challenges that they perceive in maintaining optimal adherence to PrEP.

Conditions

• HIV
• Pre-exposure Prophylaxis
• Medication Adherence

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Life Steps for PrEP for Youth

Life-Steps is a modular adherence intervention based on principles of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), that allows for recipients of the intervention to focus on the greatest challenges that they perceive in maintaining optimal adherence to pre-exposure prophylaxis.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Massachusetts General Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• University of North Carolina

  collaborator OTHER

• Emory University

  collaborator OTHER

• Brown University

  collaborator OTHER

• Cook County Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• Fenway Community Health

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Ken A Mayer, MD · The Fenway Institute

• Christina Psaros, Ph.D. · Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

16 Years

Max Age

24 Years

Sex

MALE

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2019-09-27

Primary Completion

2022-05-31

Completion

2022-11-15

Countries

• United States

Study Locations